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Patrick A
I am only 15 and i plan on getting my permit in 6 months. i live in California and here once you get a regular driving permit you can get a M1 permit. Once you obtain your M1 permit you can practice riding my cousin is 26 and he rides and he will be my primary teacher. Once you feel comfortable you can take a driven test, but what i was wondering where do you go to do all this? Also recommendations of where to get my gear would be great!
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When I was a kid, there were a lot of small motorbikes. Most kids started on 90ccs or 125, or if you really wanted to push it, you got a 150. We all learned to ride on these machines before moving up to a 350, and maybe finally a 650. The Triumph Bonneville was the big hot bike everyone admired.
We didn't go on the freeway on these little bikes, we just rode them around the neighborhood. They had about the same range as a bicycle.
But today there aren't many small bikes. Kawasaki Ninja 250, Honda Rebel 250, Honda CBR 250. Maybe one or two more. I suppose those are small enough. You want to start out small. At your age you want to take your time learning to ride in residential neighborhoods and back roads.
It would be a good idea to take the MSF course. It's like $300, but it's money well spent (if you have it). They don't teach you to ride, you learn that on your own, by actually riding. What they teach you are some indispensable safety habits that will keep you alive while you are learning. Consider that half of all motorcycle accidents happen to riders with less than a year's riding experience. Not to scare you away but to show you how important safety is when you're just starting out.
Also the DMV waives your riding test if you took the MSF course (and passed it). I've seen the test (it's on YouTube) and I don't know if -I- could pass that test!
Besides the bike, you want to save room in the budget for a helmet, a jacket and gloves, as a minimum. The helmet is required by law, of course. You shouldn't buy one mail-order, you should go to a place where you can try them on. The gloves should be made for motorcycling, and have leather palms. (If you ever fall off a bike, you instinctively put your hands out in front of you. That's why you wear gloves.) And the jacket should be leather or some motorcycle-specific textile.
If you live in Northern California, the best place to look at these things is Road Rider in San Jose. Otherwise, look in Yelp or local.yahoo.com for 'motorcycle accessories'. A good on-line place is Newenough.com. They have good prices on discontinued models, last year's models, overstocks, etc., and they're good about taking it back if you try it on and don't like it. But that's no way to buy a helmet, because you're going to want to try on 30 or 40 or 50 of them.
If you can't ride a bicycle, you should start on one of those, at least to learn to balance and steer. Because if you fall off it's not such a big deal. You will have to learn how the clutch and shift work, it's something you develop a feel for. But riding a motorcycle isn't hard, you can learn it easy enough.
The thing is, if you drive a car for a couple of years, you are more confident because you at least know how traffic works and what to look out for. If the motorcycle is your first real vehicle, you want to learn slowly and very carefully. Avoid high-traffic situations. Don't do stupid stuff. Start on something small and light. Even a scooter might make a good first bike (my first bike was a 200cc scooter, and I loved it so much I found myself going on long rides on weekends.)
Good luck!
When I was a kid, there were a lot of small motorbikes. Most kids started on 90ccs or 125, or if you really wanted to push it, you got a 150. We all learned to ride on these machines before moving up to a 350, and maybe finally a 650. The Triumph Bonneville was the big hot bike everyone admired.
We didn't go on the freeway on these little bikes, we just rode them around the neighborhood. They had about the same range as a bicycle.
But today there aren't many small bikes. Kawasaki Ninja 250, Honda Rebel 250, Honda CBR 250. Maybe one or two more. I suppose those are small enough. You want to start out small. At your age you want to take your time learning to ride in residential neighborhoods and back roads.
It would be a good idea to take the MSF course. It's like $300, but it's money well spent (if you have it). They don't teach you to ride, you learn that on your own, by actually riding. What they teach you are some indispensable safety habits that will keep you alive while you are learning. Consider that half of all motorcycle accidents happen to riders with less than a year's riding experience. Not to scare you away but to show you how important safety is when you're just starting out.
Also the DMV waives your riding test if you took the MSF course (and passed it). I've seen the test (it's on YouTube) and I don't know if -I- could pass that test!
Besides the bike, you want to save room in the budget for a helmet, a jacket and gloves, as a minimum. The helmet is required by law, of course. You shouldn't buy one mail-order, you should go to a place where you can try them on. The gloves should be made for motorcycling, and have leather palms. (If you ever fall off a bike, you instinctively put your hands out in front of you. That's why you wear gloves.) And the jacket should be leather or some motorcycle-specific textile.
If you live in Northern California, the best place to look at these things is Road Rider in San Jose. Otherwise, look in Yelp or local.yahoo.com for 'motorcycle accessories'. A good on-line place is Newenough.com. They have good prices on discontinued models, last year's models, overstocks, etc., and they're good about taking it back if you try it on and don't like it. But that's no way to buy a helmet, because you're going to want to try on 30 or 40 or 50 of them.
If you can't ride a bicycle, you should start on one of those, at least to learn to balance and steer. Because if you fall off it's not such a big deal. You will have to learn how the clutch and shift work, it's something you develop a feel for. But riding a motorcycle isn't hard, you can learn it easy enough.
The thing is, if you drive a car for a couple of years, you are more confident because you at least know how traffic works and what to look out for. If the motorcycle is your first real vehicle, you want to learn slowly and very carefully. Avoid high-traffic situations. Don't do stupid stuff. Start on something small and light. Even a scooter might make a good first bike (my first bike was a 200cc scooter, and I loved it so much I found myself going on long rides on weekends.)
Good luck!
what is the best way to travel? Tell from personal experience!!?
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In all means of transportation, I have had some memorable experiences. Best is subjective, and related to what you want, need, and expect from your travel experience. Are you looking for speed (length of time, spent traveling), luxury, cost, crossing over the ocean? Age also has something to do with it.
I've travelled cross-country by bicycle (okay we only went like 700 miles before giving up), motorbike, car, bus, train, and plane (1st class and coach). Each of these experiences was great and I would not trade them for the world. Is the journey or the destination what you are looking for? In each of the above methods I meet people that I would not normally get to me, and got to see many things and places that were new exciting and different.
At 40, I doubt that I would attempt to bike it again, but at 26, it was great time.
Having sex on a greyhound with a perfect stranger while traveling cross-country was great, but not a lot of seating room on a bus or privacy for that matter, also something I did when I was 21 and not something that I want to do at 40. Amtrak across the country was great, slightly higher caliber of people than on a bus and a little more room especially if you get a sleeper (better for the sex), and something that I would do again if I had enough time off from work. Cars and motorcycles I am combining here, since you control the speed of your journey and can stop to see the various sites along the way and eat food closer to what you normally eat. There is something about a motorcycle and the open road though. The comfort of a bed and shower that is offered from a hotel is great and another bonus of self control of traveling methods when traveling cross-country.
Planes are nice, fast, easy access to most places, bathrooms are a little small for sex, but manageable (Yes sex is a big part of my life, and I'm not afraid to admit it). The food is often hit or miss depending on flight and airline. First class is better than coach is for comfort, but I have meet more people and more interesting people at that while seated in coach.
I have yet to take a trans-oceanic trip by boat, owing mostly to my healthy fear of boats and time restraints work places upon my limited vacation time. I would love to experience this method of travel and will pursue it after I am retired (hopefully in about 15yrs).
Whether you are traveling alone, with a group of friends just looking to have a good time or with spouse and kids in tow, also determines what is the best or better method of transportation. God bless my grandmother for taking a four teens and pre-teens cross-country by bus every summer for many years, I would never have the courage to try it.
In all means of transportation, I have had some memorable experiences. Best is subjective, and related to what you want, need, and expect from your travel experience. Are you looking for speed (length of time, spent traveling), luxury, cost, crossing over the ocean? Age also has something to do with it.
I've travelled cross-country by bicycle (okay we only went like 700 miles before giving up), motorbike, car, bus, train, and plane (1st class and coach). Each of these experiences was great and I would not trade them for the world. Is the journey or the destination what you are looking for? In each of the above methods I meet people that I would not normally get to me, and got to see many things and places that were new exciting and different.
At 40, I doubt that I would attempt to bike it again, but at 26, it was great time.
Having sex on a greyhound with a perfect stranger while traveling cross-country was great, but not a lot of seating room on a bus or privacy for that matter, also something I did when I was 21 and not something that I want to do at 40. Amtrak across the country was great, slightly higher caliber of people than on a bus and a little more room especially if you get a sleeper (better for the sex), and something that I would do again if I had enough time off from work. Cars and motorcycles I am combining here, since you control the speed of your journey and can stop to see the various sites along the way and eat food closer to what you normally eat. There is something about a motorcycle and the open road though. The comfort of a bed and shower that is offered from a hotel is great and another bonus of self control of traveling methods when traveling cross-country.
Planes are nice, fast, easy access to most places, bathrooms are a little small for sex, but manageable (Yes sex is a big part of my life, and I'm not afraid to admit it). The food is often hit or miss depending on flight and airline. First class is better than coach is for comfort, but I have meet more people and more interesting people at that while seated in coach.
I have yet to take a trans-oceanic trip by boat, owing mostly to my healthy fear of boats and time restraints work places upon my limited vacation time. I would love to experience this method of travel and will pursue it after I am retired (hopefully in about 15yrs).
Whether you are traveling alone, with a group of friends just looking to have a good time or with spouse and kids in tow, also determines what is the best or better method of transportation. God bless my grandmother for taking a four teens and pre-teens cross-country by bus every summer for many years, I would never have the courage to try it.
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